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I didn't listen to the more current song yet, but the last post is a really good point. Can you borrow another amp or distortion pedal to try? If your recording rig is the limiting factor, then it will let you down for all types of distorted sounds. But if you can try a bunch of different...

Yup, I've gone through this too over 15 or so years of playing. I go through phases of getting pedals and then selling them all. And I've thought about why I do this. My current thought is that it is a matter of novelty. When you first play through a flange with a 5 minute delay on top of...

I've owned a Boss BR-8, which was one of the first stand-alone hard disk things...it writes to Zip disk. I bought a used ADAT on ebay and have never looked back. I find the sound much nicer and more detailed. For $300-$400, you can probably get an ADAT on ebay. But you'll need separate...

Yes, good responses. Another thing to consider is mic placement. If you have the mic's too far away from your voice or acoustic, you'll have to crank up the pre-amp to get that part loud enough. Cranking things up tends to add noise. It's important to find a good spot for your acoustic which...

The replies above are all really good. When I listen to the three samples, I tend to agree with you. The first and third samples of a more clean guitar sound seem really good to me. That's a great sound for a modest Crate amp, it's very "alive" which is what we are all usually going for. The...

I used to have a Boss BR-8, which I think was the original version of what you have. You can definitely listen to other tracks while recording a new one, and I remember this being pretty obvious, you just use the faders on each track. Maybe you can post more specifics on what you are doing...

This board seems to have very strong opinions on what is and is not spam - if this post falls outside of what is appropriate, just let me know. I will request that it is removed. That being said, I was reading a post recently on one of these boards about how hard it is to get ebow guitar...

Yeah, I have to agree with the above. Do you really want a strat? It costs a fortune to get a decent one and strats just seem flaky to me...you just don't know how they are going to act day to day. I actually like my Yamaha fake strat better... G&L's are fantastic, but I've only played a...

I don't want to seem like I'm defending Line6 here...but.... The typical customer service person gets paid like crap, and there's high turn-over for this sort of job at most companies. If the whole department turns over, then no one knows what they are talking about. Maybe you should call...

...and you are listening to the sound somewhere rather than just looking at the meters, right? I have Tampa's, and I don't remember the meters moving all that much when tracking either. But there's sound coming out. And it should have tons of gain. I just bought my second tampa, and I hooked...

I still think that all this new home recording gear can be synergistic with proper studios, and actually help proper studios. 10 years ago, mic's and multi-track recorders were expensive enough that I didn't even consider thinking about getting them. So I think that studios got more "we're...

I used to have a BR-8, and I also think that there is only a stereo output - there is not an output for each track. Never used the optical out. There also used to be a software utility on the Roland web site which converted BR-8 formatted files to .wav files. The idea was to take the ZIP disk...

I think that there's one important thing missing in the contract above - that is what the client walks with. Do clients walk with a CD copy of a rough mix? Does mixing time cost extra? Do you have a provision in the contract to hire you for this? Everyone should...it's a chance to increase...

I've got a Tampa and a DMP3. The differences are surprising and subtle at the same time. When using a DMP3, or regular mixer pre, or a Blue Tube, I never felt like the sound of vocals was very "alive" regardless of the mic (GT tube mic, AKG2000, SM58, Octava MC012)- it was always kind of 2...

I friend of mine had an Audiobuddy for moble recording. It doesn't have the greatest sound, but it's a clean sound. I agree that there's something strange going on here or your unit is jsut screwed up somehow....

and to get back to your original question, yes, I hate it!

There are some great points above. I go through this as well. When you have a band, you can mix and match pieces and see if something works with the song as a whole. Being a one-person home recorder as well, I know that it's tough to figure out if something works...it requires more recording...

I've got a blue tube and a DMP-3. They are like apples and oranges. The blue tube has a real fuzzy sound to it, and the DMP-3 has a real crisp sound to it. Now, you may think that fuzzy would sound cool, and I think that it does sometimes too. But I agree that having this as your only or...

Sound Forge is a 2 track recorder with lots of effects. Think of this as a tape deck, only on the computer and it doesn't use hissy cassettes. It's great for recording sounds and then cutting them into loop-sized files which can then be used for Fruity Loops or Acid to make the a backing song...

Chessrock once said that using both a condensor and a dynamic works well for acoustic (especially when it is solo acoustic stuff). I find this great, great advice. I use a SM-57 and a Octava MC012 and have pretty good results. The sound of my guitar itself, on the other hand......